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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
OVerreaChed Himself.

Justice Miller, of the United States
Supreme Court, was conversing in o
street car not long ago with Senator
Cockrell, of Missouri, when the judge re
marked, falling into q reminiscent
mood, as the Boston Journals CORE
spondent tells the story: at is singu-
lar what shrewd plans are resorted to
to ascertain the way the Court is in
clined to decide cases. Some years
ago we had the-silver mine case
before us for decision. At that time
we had not our own marshal. The
district marshal was the marshal of
the court. An immense amount was
involved in the case, and there was
naturally a good deal of anxiety to
know how the court would decide it,
The marshal went up to Brother -
now dead-as pure and honorable
and unsuspicious man as ever lived
and said: "Well, judge, l presume
We will have decision soon in the
silver mine case?' Yes said Broth.
er-, very soon 4 suppose
Judge Clifford will write the opin-
ion?' 'Oh, yes said Brother
Brother Clifford will be the organ of
the court This was all the marshal
wanted to know, for Justice Clillord's
habit was to break in upon an argu-
ment with queries which clearly in
dicated the DRIFT Of his mind on the
questions under discussion, and when
the marshal heard that Justice Cliff
ford was to write the opinion he
knew as we'll as if he had been told in
as many words that the decision
would be in favor of the mining COM
pany, SO he went to work and bought
up all the stock he coald On margin
And made pile of money, l sup
poser Senator Cockrell asked,
Well no he didn't, replied Judge
Miller with hearty laugh The re-
sources Of the mine had been so ex-
aggerated in the course of the argu-
ment that the stock had risen on the
market beyond its real value, and
after the decision of the Court it fell
instead OF advanced, and the marshal
lost all he had put up. Upon tie
whole, added the Judge, L am inclin-
ed to think very highly of the purity
of the American bench. There are
cases we decided last year, which
would have enabled any member of
the Court by simply taking advan-
tage Of the knowledge he had of the
views Of the majority 'Or limiting
them to his wife, or some confidential
friend interrupted Senator Cockrell
Yes, in that or any other way con-
tinued Judge Miller, 'he could have
put a million dollars in his pocket,
but here we are just as we were last
year, and no whisper Of anything of
that kind has ever been heard.u
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
A great temperance lesson-A
drink of cheap whisky.

The earth owes a living to every
man who hoes the earth.
1t is bad enough to be a dude,
but to be sub dude is worse.
When the knight of old wanted
to protect his girl he put his armor
round her.
The bluest fellow in town to-day
is the one who painted the town red
last night.
-Itis officially denied by the bald
headed grand candy -puller to the
royal household that Queen Victoria
ever chewed gum.
JEFF. DAVIS is too old now to
raise any disturbance, but the south
ern watermelon can do the work Just
as elIectually.
There is a cute Yankee in an Ill
nois town who plants a sunfower
seed in every hill of beans. The stalk
serves for bean-pole, while the seed
is utilized for chicken feed.
"A Cincinnati phrenologist after
examining Henry Georges head said
That he has little acquisitiveness but
great benevolence. This seems to
explain the fact that not having nc
quired any land himself, he is willing
to give away that of other people.
The Washington Post has started
a"word hunt" the words to be FORM
ed from the letters in Mrs: Cleveland,s g
full name Frances Folsom Cleve-
land.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
Starvation in Labrador.

Rev. F. w. Colley, missionary ct
Labrador, has written q graphic ac-
count of heart-rending destitution pre-
vailing there. He has travelled the
whole coast and declares that words
cannot describe the sufferings Of the
poor He tells of families of helpless
old people and equally helpless chill
dren enduring the rigors of the late
winter with the thermometer $50 be-
low zero, living in huts, sleeping on
bare grounds, covered only with old
sails and subsisting on rock cod, the
poorest kind of Goldfish known, and on
hard-tack supplied by the Govern
ment. To catch the fish the perish
ing people had to travel five miles
over bare rocks. Bread, tea, molas-
ses, flour, meat of any kind or any of
the necessities of life are unknown to
them. Slow starvation had driven
the father of one family mad and the
poor wretch had been trying TO eat
his own boots. The puny cod for
breakfast, dinner and supper, weeks
upon weeks and months upon months.
while keeping the poor wretches from
actual death, only served to be a daily
torture to them, and was of itself en-
ough to drive the whole population
into raving maniacs.
Missionary Col!ey declares that he
was implored for help at every Sec
ond house visited in all the vast re-
gion. The inhabitants were driven
to such desperate straits that wives
and mothers even had to sell their
wedding rings for bread At Grady's.
Stable Bay, Rocky Bay, Spotted Is
land and Seal Island whole families
were slowly starving in January
How they existed through the winter
God only knows The scanty aid
sent by the Newfoundland Govern
ment was distributed before half the
winter was over. Mr. ColIey declares
that only fear Of q repetition of the ter
rible sufferings induces him now TO
make the terrible facts public.
The missionary concludes three
column narrative by demanding in
the name of humanity that the New
foundland Government Immediately
send relief to that district and also
provide means for transporting tho
wretched people to some other coun-
try.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
The Public Road Law.

1t is a general doctrine of law in
the country that the land in the high
ways belong to the owners of land on
each side. The farm generally ex.
tends to the middle of the road, and
the public has only the right to pass
and repass in orderly manner, and
keep the road in repair. The farmers
own the highway, the soil, grass,
trees, stones, gravel and everything
else upon the surface or under it. and
may use them in any way that does
not effect the public right of passage,
and the law will protect his owner.
ship in them just as much as if it lay
inside his own fence Notwithstand.
ing the fact that the farmer owns the
land of the road, he cannot use it
himself for any purpose which at all
interferes with the public right there
to- He cannot put his wood-piles,
wagon or pig pens thereon, and if he
does, and the traveller runs into them
at night and is injured, he would not
only be liable for the private damage
sustained but he may be Indicted for
obstructing the public highway. No
person has a right to pasture on the
side of farmers highway any more
than in the enclosed lands, nor can he
hitch horse to a tree there without
being liable for trespass, especially if
the horse should knaw the tree or do
other damage. If a person let his cat
tie go into the highway he is liable
for trespass they commit by simply
being their unlawfully; for the injury
they occasion to the sod or barking of
the tree, and for any other damage
they may do. If while there they
hook or kick, or bite any person. law
fully using the way, he would be liza
BILE for the injury.-Er.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29

New York News.l
Wife (to husband, who has just re-
turned home)-What's the news
down town?
Husband-Nothing,
Wife-Of course not
Husband-Why, of course not?
Wife-Oh, well, there is never any.
news for woman unless she finds 1t
out herself.
Husband (after q long silence-It
does seem to me that people ought to
be more careful.
Wife-What about?
Husband-I was thinking of some.
thing that happened down town to-
night. Major Buxtor and his family
sat ont on the front steps until quite
late, and when the Major got up and
went into his room he had not noticed
that his prankish little son had slip
ped away. Just as the major step
ped into his room he heard something
under his bed-in fact, saw some
thing-and, thinking that a robher
had secreted himself there, seized
pistol and fired under the bed and
Wifc-Mercitul heavens, and shot
bis little son!
Husband-Who said he shot his
son?
Wife-You said that his son went
under the bed
Husband-I didn't.
Wife-What did you say?
Husband-I said that the major
did not notice his son when he slip
ped away from the front steps.
Wife (still excited)-And was the
boy under the bed?
Husband-No, a cat was under the
bed
Wife-You are the most hateful
man | ever saw.
Husband-Why 80? Just because
the boy did not 60 under the bed aud
get shot? / had nothing to do with
it.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
Dangers OF Badness.

"Bald-headed men die sooner than
those who possess full head of hair"
sid physician to New York Mail
and Express reporter the other day.
Then, doctor. your life is shorten
ed" interposed the reporter,
81 have adopted protector, you
see; the skull.csp. If l have no hair
to cover my Uranium, | do the next
best thing end use a warm cap.
never go bald headed, no matter
where | am, and by that means |
never take cold The majority OF
men who have bald heads wear moth
itg to protect the exposed surface, not
even wig. The result is many of
them take cold and go off with pneu-
monia or contract some deep seated
disease like bronchitis or consump-
ton. Yet if | told q bald-headed man
to wear something warm on the ex-
posed spot he would, nine times out
OF ten, pay no attention to my warn
ing. Itis growing cause of increas-
ed mortality, and deserves great at
tention, both from scientists and en-
pirical layman, Bald heads are the
signposts Of high asthetical civiliza-
ton, and at the same time the epi-
taphs Of a physical degeneration
Luxury, ease. high living and heredi-
tary characteristics have to be taken
into consideration when analyzing the
problem of bald heads. If the future
race is to be devoid of hair, then it
must necessarily be short lived one,
because more susceptible to sickness,
l have noted many cases of pneumo-
MIA, and where the patient is a male
over forty years old the proportion is
over one-half in favor of his being
bald headed. Whenever l have a
bald-headed patient | never rest until
he consents TO wear a skull-cap. If
the hair was no protection to q man
he would have been created withou.
any, and his skin made tough and
thick to stand the weather. The
wise provisions made to insure perfect
physical comfort never contemplated
a period it the worlds history when
man should go about with his head
slick as peeled onion. The man
who does it repeatedly sooner or later
pays the penalty.
Caesar was bald in his last days
and shielded his Uranium by wearing
a crown. In those days, when hats
were not worn, few people were bald,
and those who were attempted to con-
ceal the fact. 1t is said that Caesar
wore the crown to hide his bald head,
and it may be added correctly that he
did it for comfort as we'll. Women
do not suffer from the exposure of
bald heads because they wear false
head rigging which generally pro-
tects the scalp. Then females are
not predisposed to badness as males.
Nature has given them an abundance
of hair, and those who grow bald
have some kind of skin trouble. Yet
there are more bald-headed women
than the world imagines. My argu
ment against going about with the
scalp exposed is merely from q hygie-
mic point of view and not because of
any false notions about how it makes
a person look, Old men, middle
aged men, gilded youths, and unfor-
tunate womank;nd, if you are bald,
don't grieve over the inevitable, but
wear something warm and upon oil
occasions. Your days will be longer
in the land and your progeny will be
less apt to inherit the hairless tenden-
cy.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
A Farm LabOrer'S Esta te.

Robert S. Frazier. Esq, of Pitts
burgh, has fled his report as deputy
escheator Of the estate of Jacob Dietl,
Of Wexford, Pine township, Allie
gheny county. Dietl was a Bavar-
ian,u nparricd, and So years old. For
many years he worked rs farm Ia
borer. and accumulated 81 400, which
be invested in judgments. When he
died he left no will, and had no rela-
tives to take his property. r. S. Sill
then notified the Attorney General Of
the effects, and Mr.. Frazier was ap,
pointed to take testimony, and, if be
found no heirs, to escheat the estate
to the Commonwealth, The escheater
finds that Dietl has no relatives in
this country or in Bavaria, and, if
this report is sustained, the estate
will be coniiscated to the State, less
one.third, which COOS to Sill as in-
former.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29

and she was for some time in midair
between laughing and crying. When
she had calmed down aud her mind
became settled the true status of af-
fairs began TO dawn upon her. Hith-
erto she had never mentioned to John
her somnambulistic escapaGes because
she had been half ashamed Of them,
but now that she was married she
thought it her duty to explain.
She told him all about it, and how
on the night that he had left her at
the gate she had goues to her room,
and being unusually tired, had laid
down upon the bed without undress-
ing, and had fallen asleep. The cir
cumstances of the marriage had all
come to her as dream, and when she
arose that morning she had not given
the matter second thought. But
now that he had recalled the mar
riage, she remembered all the deteils
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
WAIT A BIT.

When Johnny came accounting,
] thought him overbold,
For was but a young thing,
And ne wss not very old.
Ard though liked him well enough
sent him on his way,
With "Wait bit, bide bit,
Wait q week and day?"
When Johnny passed me in the lane,
And pleaded for kiss,
And vowed he'd love Inc eyermore
For granting of the bliss;
Although Ia liked it overweli.
ran from him away,
With "Wait bit, bile bit,
Wait a week and day"
When Johnny fell a.ranting,
With "Jenny, be MY wi.e?"
And vowed | never should regret,
However long my life,
Although l liked it best o all,
| turned from him away,
With "Wait bit, bite bit,
Wait week and dayn'
Oh, Johnny was ninny;
He took ne at my word.
And he was courtlng another,
The next thing that heard.
Oh, what ninny was Johnny,
To mind me when I'd say:
"Wait bit, bide bit,
Wait week and day."
Heigh-ho, Pve met rly Johnny,
| gin him blink O. my eye,
And then he fell a-raviug,
For want O. my love he'd die.
/ re'er could be SO cruel.
So set the wedding day,
With "Haste bit, nor waste bit,
There's danger in delay"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
Estate of Zephaniah Snyder,

LATE OF BRADY TOWNSHIP, DECD.
Letters OF administration G. T. A. on the es-
tate Zephan1ah Snyder, late OF Brady twp, But
Ter Co. Pa having been granted TO the under-
signed all persons knowing themselves lndeDI-
ed TO said estate Will please make 1mmediate
payment and any having claims against SAID
estate will present them duly authenticated
for settlement.
JC. SNYDER, Admir-.
West Liberty p. o., Butler Co., Pa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29

The charge of 80 cents admission
to one of Sam Jones' meetings in
Baltimore cut his audience down from
5000 to less than 100. The Balti-
moreans plainly believe that they
must have their salvation without
money and without price.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29

Of oil here offered fair inducements to
operators, So that even in the pro-
duction Of oil Butler county takes no
mean place in the record of produc-
tion but presents creditable page in
the history of petroleum. ID.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
Does Labor Produce All the
Wealth?

Rev. DR.. G. M. Steele, in Work
and Wages: 'Is it really tue that
labor produces all the wealth of the
world? OF course, by labor here is
meant the putting forth of physical
energy, otherwise the succeeding SEN
tences have no meaning. Does any
one who thinks at all about the sub
ject believe that the great factories,
the docks, the vast buildings of stone
and brick and iron in our great cities,
the railroads, the mighty steamships,
the complicated machines and ipnum-
cradle other structures are the result
of manual labor alone? Suppose
there is line of railway fifty miles
in length to be built, and five thous-
and steady, and reliable laborers
are told to GO and built it. VIII they
be able to built the bridges, to make
the deep cuts, to construct the cause
ways through treacherous swamps,
to calculate the grades, and do other
equally difficult parts of the work?
How many ordinary wage laborers
would it take to produce Corliss en-
gine, the first of it's kind? No; there
must be much besides muscular effort
in order to attain these results There
must be toll of brain, long and pro-
tracted, and often exhausting thought,
sometimes accompanied by great
hardships. In order to extensive
production there are required great
mental qualities, some of them of a
rare kind. There is needed power to
contrive. to invent, to organize, to di-
rect, or little can be achieved. The
man who blows the organ might claim
that he produces all the music of the
instrument. 1t isltrue he is generally
an essential condition, but not by any
means the only or the most essential
condition, No more is manual labor
the only or the most essential condi-
tion of the production of great
wealth
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
They Never Came Back.

81 don't believe in feeding tramps,
at the door," said Mrs. Crimsonbeak;
"you feed them once and they are
sure to come back.
"Well. l don't know" replied Mrs,
Yeast; 81 always give them bread
when they come to my door. and |
can't say that ever knew a tramp
to come the second time"
con, we'll, Mrs. Yeast, you make
your own bread, do you not?"
This was all that was said, and
yet Mrs. Yeast went down the street
like straw hat on windy day.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
Notice..

The School Directors of Franklin town
ship will receive sealed proposals for the
building of new school house up to the ist
of August, 1887. Bids will be received IN
Guiding stone-work or separate:
plans and specifications can be seen at the
house of WM. DICK, Sec'y.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
Executors Notice.

Letters testamentary having been granted 70
the Undersigned on the estate OF Robert Hessel-
gesser. deceased, late OF Winfield twp, Butier
Co, Pa. all persons knowing themselves IN
debted TO said estate will make lmmediate pa!
ment. and those having claims against SAID es-
tate Will present the same properly auinenticat-
ed for settlement ,or,
JAMES HESSELGESSEK,l
DAVID HESSELGESSER,C EXITS.
April 1s, 81. Leasurev1le' Butter Co., ia.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
VOL. XIV.
Administrators Notice.

Letters OF Administration having been grant
ed to the undersigned On the estate or tranklln
Fisher late OF Allegheny township. decd notice
Is hereby given TO all parties knowing theIn-
selves indebted TO said estate TO make lmInedi-
ate payment, and those having claims agalIsI
ss Id estate to present them duly authenticated
Tor settlcment BARBARA FIsHER,( Admr,s
w. A. FISHER,
Sandy Point, Butler Co., Pa.
A. z Reiher Atty.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
ACT HI.-ScEEE 3.--Time ten years later:
HECK,S LARGEST EMPORIUM

I1TCh . IiILtJTsJI II VI OItI = -'I.
Ten years are supposed TO have elapsed
d. A. HECK'S store quadrupled In size
Butler metropolis. Arrival OF several
excursions, electric trains and IL number
OF balloons. with crowds Of people TO buy
Clothing, Underwear,
Hats, Caps, Collars,
Neck Ties, Hosiery,
Suspenders, Handkerchicfs.
Umbrellas, Trunks
NaiiSes SatchelS,
Bill and Pocketboohs,
Cloth, Hair and Tooth Brushes
and innumerable other articles which
space forblds 10 mention. Scores OF pros
porous men and plump matrons gather
around the proprietor, all agreeing that
their rise In the world began from the mo-
ment they began to buy their goods from
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29

Until further notice. This powerful work Is
wonderful and yariegated combination OF
tragical comedy and comical tragedy
and never fails 10 bring down the mousse
The actors are ali stars The cCStCming
will be a strong feature. The following briefly
outlined IS the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
ss,TcTs SST.%T ~ =; cTRisT0PIER MeNICHAEL,

LATE OF CLAY TOWNSHIP, DECD.
Letters testamentary on the estate OF
Christopher McMichael, decd, late of Clay
township, Butler county, Pa, having been
granted to the undersigned. All persons
fnowing themselves indebted to said estate,
will please make immediate payment, and
any having claims against said estate, will
present them duly authenticated for settle
JAPHIA MCMICHAEL, Ex'r.
ErcIIDP p q Rutler Co Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
Administrators Notice.

ESTATE OF r. NJ. HARRISON, DECD.
whereas letters OF administration have been
oranfed nv the Register OF Butler county, Pa,
70 the undersigned on the estate OF X. NJ. Har-
bison late OF Buffalo twp. Butler county, "a
decd All persons who know themselves In
debted to said estate Will make immediate
payment and those having claims against the
same will present. them properly authenticated
Tor settlement to the undersigned
j. H. HARRISON,
JOHN HARRISON,
r,,vv,opr p n p. Administrators.
-I,..c 4 ~ oC 1,II ,IInIGT0PHER MrMICHAEL
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29

There is no Sunday law able to
keep all nature from smiling.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
D A. HECK,

Cinderella and her husband about to de-
part for Mt. Chestnut (this IS no cbestnuD
The Unionyille dude. dude no longer but
rich business man In the city OF Butler.
Population 10000, noted chiefly for being
the most enterprisIng city in the county,
and for fair dealing and for the fact ID. A.
UECK'S Emporium, Du1Iys Block, is the
headquarters for good goods, fair dealing
and low prices.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29

ACT I,-SCEEE Thine am: Enter young man
with friend. Young man explains 10 his
friend that the direct cause OF his engage
ment to the wealthy farmers daughter
was his purchase OF an elegant suit al
D. A. HECK'S Great Clothing Emporium
Friend tumbles to the idea and is made
happy with q new suit, Hat, Shirts Collars
Ties. Underwear Gloves. Hose, Trunk
Valise, Umbrella, etc. Scene closes with
song, joined in by the audience.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
SoSG-The day VIII be intensely cold,
When ID. 4. Heck is undersold, &c

ACT U.-SCENE 2-Time II am. Enter throng OF
people old men, young men, ladies, chill
dren. managing matrons with marrlarabie
daughters, who with one accord fairly
shrek with delight at the wonderful bar
gains shown. The beautiful young lady,
Cinderella finds some jeweIery, pair OF
pair OF Hose that set her Off SO eXquisltely
that dude frsm Unionville and young
man from Greece City both propose,a as the
Greece City man has on one OF ID. a. Heck
trresstable suits, Cinderella decides to
patronize hcme Industries and accepts
MIN. The UnionyIllc dude talks OF duels'
suicides, &C., but decides not 10 leave thls
world while lie can get clothing SO cheap
at ID. a. HEih'S Great Emporium.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29

Song by company, joined BY audience:
IT'S our experience, one and all,
And every one who tries IL knows,
That ID. 4. HECK has got tie cal,
And takes the town In selling clothes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
Partition Notice.

In re petition OF Henry w.
Watson and Sarah j. Watson. Q. Z. NO. 49,
for partition OF the real eS- june Ierh'
tate OF Thompson Lewis, decd 1871.
late OF Mud6ycreek, twp.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
BUTLER, Pa

No. IL, North Main ST., Dufry's Block,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-07-29
PROGRAMME: =

SONG The happy man no more reflects,
Who buys his clothing at ID. a. Heek's